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Meanings of parsimonious in English

Excessively unwilling to spend.

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Examples for "penurious"
1
He lived in the most penurious manner, and denied himself every indulgence.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
2
In private and public expenditures he was extremely economical, but not penurious.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 1
3
Lavish in her generosity to others, she was personally frugal, even penurious.
Great Singers, Second Series / Malibran To Titiens
4
They were selfish and penurious, and hard-hearted and severe towards their servants.
Step by Step; Or, Tidy's Way to Freedom
5
Are there not many in their midst who are friendless and penurious?
America, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat
Usage of parsimonious in English
1
In the main, Sophia had been careful, and had even been parsimonious.
The Old Wives' Tale
2
They subdue all the romantic tendencies I am so parsimonious about wasting.
A Fool and His Money
3
The French kings were parsimonious except when lavishing money on their vices.
Great Italian and French Composers
4
Hawkins was as mean and parsimonious as he was pompous and conceited.
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography
5
This amount was certainly not colossal, while the conditions were sufficiently parsimonious.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 27: 1577-78
6
At Cambridge I knew an undergraduate who had a somewhat parsimonious pater.
A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham / Papers Reprinted from t...
7
A parsimonious man, Dimitri had wasted no money on the shrine's upkeep.
Secret of the Dragon
8
He is not parsimonious, but his instincts and habits have been prudent.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
9
He would never ask her to be parsimonious,-nevereven to be economical.
The Prime Minister
10
Why consume our days in seeking scattered fruits from a parsimonious soil?
The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the ...
11
They say that she was artful, dissembling, parsimonious, jealous, haughty, and masculine.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great Rulers
12
A well-formed mouth that, if not generous, was by no means parsimonious.
Burglars can't be choosers
13
The comparatively-parsimonious new budget gave an excuse to get rid of those projects.
Wired
14
Variable selection is often used to produce more robust and parsimonious regression models.
Pubmed
15
He was parsimonious; he was avaricious; he was easily put out of temper.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
16
He was remarkably temperate in eating and drinking, and parsimonious in his habits.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
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